DON'T BE FOOLED BY SELLERS USING QUESTIONABLE SALES TACTICS - BE CAREFUL! SUCH GLASS is NOT AUTHENTIC MURANO or ITALIAN or VENETIAN Or ROMAN GLASS HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE MURANO GLASS An important warning...
There are hundreds of different types of seed bead out there with a range of different sizes, shapes and finishes. As beads vary from manufacturer to manufacturer so does the quality of the bead itself. As a...
Last update: 19 November 2006 Do be careful when buying paperweights. Attributions, especially to classic manufacturers such as Baccarat, St. Louis, and Clichy, are sometimes wrong - not because of any intent...
Dichroic glass has gained popularity over the past 5 years and as such the market has been flooded by products purporting to be 'dichroic' or 'murano'. Unfortunately an ever increasing amount of these items...
Recycling is planet friendly and cost effective. This guide will hopefully give you some new ideas on finding free packaging materials. When posting items sold on ebay it is in the seller's interest to...
Glass beads come in a wide range of types and finishes, which can be confusing for a new jewellery maker. They can be as small as a grain of sugar and as big as a conker and come in every shape imaginable....
Real Swarovski Crystal Beads or Fake Glass?Are you sure the crystal beads you are buying are real Swarovski® beads (also known as Austrian Crystal Beads) or are they simple glass knock-offs and not crystal...
What are Lampwork Beads? I recently bought some beautiful earrings that were made from lampwork beads, I had never heard of them before and so decided to find out what they were. I hope it is also of interest...
How to make a stylish necklace for any occasion How many times have you found yourself rifling through your jewellery-box looking for just the right necklace that you know perfectly well you don't have? It...
The term "Trade Beads" typically applies to beads made predominately in Venice and Bohemia and other European countries from the late 1400s through to the early 1900s and traded in Africa and the Americas....